morthan;572010 Wrote: > I have just purchased but not have not yet received a Touch to go with > my 2 Booms, 2 radios, 2 controllers, 1 Duet. I currently have my > library on a Win7 computer and connect all players wirelessly. When I > get the Touch I am thinking of either attaching an external hard drive > via usb and running all my music from this or alternatively using an > Asus eb1501 (netbook without the screen) wirelessly as the server. My > question is which setup should i use? I know the Asus netbook option is > not dissimilar to what I am currently doing but I am prepared to leave > this on all the time as opposed to my main computer which I turn off at > night which means I dont have access to my library. Either option will > solve this but which option is best? Any advice appreciated especially > from people who may have done both.
With this many players, I think you'll be much happier with the performance from the netbook running SbS on 24/7. The Touch will work, and probably serve all these SB players OK (although the number is probably stretching it for tinySbS). And if everything is WIFI, that's a limiting factor too. You will really be much better served if you connect your netbook with ethernet to the ROUTER. Then run all your players WIFI. Otherwise you have two wireless hops: netbook to router, then router to players. And you don't need a netbook. Take any old computer, install vortexbox as the system, put it in a closet near your router, and make this your server. Once setup you don't need keyboard or monitor. You can access the server from any other computer on your network via a web interface. -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81490 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
